Quetrupillán
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Quetrupillán ("blunted", "mutilated"; also known as Ketropillán; the name is sometimes applied to the neighbouring Lanín volcano.) is a stratovolcano located in Los Ríos Region of Chile. It is situated between Villarrica and Lanín volcanoes, within Villarrica National Park. Geologically, Quetrupillán is located in a tectonic basement block between the main traces of Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault (to the west) and Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault (to the east).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Quetrupillán
- Mountain.photo
- Volcanoes Quetrupillan and Lanin.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Quetrupillán with Lanín in the background
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2360
- Mountain.location
- Chile
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- Pleistocene-Holocene
- Mountain.volcanic_zone
- South Volcanic Zone
- Mountain.last_eruption
- June 1872
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Palguín - Laguna Azul
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Quetrupillán ("blunted", "mutilated"; also known as Ketropillán; the name is sometimes applied to the neighbouring Lanín volcano.) is a stratovolcano located in Los Ríos Region of Chile. It is situated between Villarrica and Lanín volcanoes, within Villarrica National Park. Geologically, Quetrupillán is located in a tectonic basement block between the main traces of Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault (to the west) and Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault (to the east).
The volcano consists of one stratovolcano with a summit caldera, and is constructed within a field of smaller centres and a larger caldera. It was active during the late Pleistocene; some large eruptions occurred during the Holocene as well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quetrupillán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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